Minorities in the Middle East
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Between the Millet System and EU Values: The Sunni Muslim Turkish State and Non-Muslim Minorities
Contributing researcher Dr. Özgür Kaymak discusses minority-state relations in Turkey.
“First of all, I am an Egyptian citizen, and afterwards a Christian”: The Coptic Church in Egypt between religion and politics, as reflected on social media
Michael Barak reviews the public discourse among the Coptic community on Egyptian social networking sites, which concerns the involvement of the church and its leader Patriarch Theodore II in political issues.
A Druze Conundrum: Suwayda, Jabhat al-Nusra, and the Syrian Civil War
Guest scholar Dr. Matthieu Cimino explains how the Druze in Suwayda are responding to the Syrian civil war.
Muslim and Druze in Israel: National and Sectarian Identities in Conflict
MDC Researcher Dr. Itamar Radai explains the local and regional dimensions of recent tension between Muslims and Druze in Israel.
The Yezidis: Traumatic Memory and Betrayal
Idan Barir analyzes the unique and precarious position of the Yezidi community in Northern Iraq, in the wake of the ISIS offensive there.
The Shi’i Litmus Test of Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
Ben Mendales discusses the potential challenges facing the Shi'i minority within Egypt.
Turning Perception into Reality: The Asad Regime and Syria's Christian Minority
MDC Researcher Dr. Joel D. Parker examines the situation of Syria's Christian minority, who are caught in the middle of a bloody civil war.
The Alevis in Turkey amidst a Growing Sectarian Rift
Duygu Atlas discusses the Alevis, Turkey's largest religious minority, and their tense relations with the state.